Theoretical and methodological foundations of scientific research of problems of social policy

The paper analyzes the theoretical and methodological bases of scientific research on social policy, the theoretical and methodological approach to its implementation, the essence of this concept and the methods formed during its evolutionary development as well as the main directions of scientific research. There is also a discussion of national and international data, the criteria for scientific research based on the research of scientists, the theoretical and methodological basis for the scientific study of social policy in the life of a number of other developed countries.